FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] FAS Potomac Waterfowl Count, Area 7 (mainly Fairfax Co), 12/4/04

[KurtCapt87@xxxxxxx]

VA BIRDers,

Harry Gurkin, Larry Meade and myself did the FAS Potomac Waterfowl Count in 
Area 7 today  (the Great Marsh of Mason Neck and around to the mouth of Gunston 
Bay as well as anything we can squeeze out of the Maryland side nearly a mile 
away).  Highlights were 4 Black Scoters flying out of Gunston Bay into the 
Potomac (lots of hunting today!  can you shoot ducks in the water from a moving 
boat?) and Pine Siskins in two different locations mixed in with American 
Goldfinch.  We also noted a single Forster's Tern.  The best locations were 
near the Great Marsh and along Hallowing Point.  The totals were:

Pied-billed Grebe 1
DC Cormorant 7
Canada Goose 752
Tundra Swan 136
Gadwall 250
American Wigeon 40
American Black Duck 76
Mallard 84
Northern Shoveler 3
Green-winged Teal 2
Canvasback 5
Ring-necked Duck 5
Greater Scaup 18
Lesser Scaup 4172
Black Scoter 4
Bufflehead 108
Hooded Merganser 11
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Ruddy Duck 54
Bald Eagle 6
American Coot 12
Greater Yellowlegs 10
Forster's Tern 1

Kurt Gaskill
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